Pair arrested on felony crack, marijuana charges

Published: Monday, July 14, 2014 at 07:37 PM.

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Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested two men on July 6 wanted for numerous drug charges, including felony intent to sell crack cocaine and marijuana.

Quentin Earl Johnson, of Snow Hill, and Jamil Sharif Sutton, of La Grange, were brought into custody around 4:24 a.m. in the area of South Queen and East Caswell streets and placed in the W.E. “Billy” Smith Detention Center without bond.

According to LCSO reports, the men had about 4-4.5 grams of marijuana and 10 grams of crack between them at the time of the arrest.

Johnson, 24, faces felony counts of possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana and maintaining a place for controlled substances, along with misdemeanor resisting a public officer.

Sutton, 27, is accused of felony counts of possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine, possession of a Schedule II controlled substance, maintaining a place for controlled substances and misdemeanor counts of simple possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting a public officer, driving while license revoked and driving without two headlamps.

They’re due in Lenoir County District Court on Monday. Johnson’s scheduled to be back in Lenoir County District Court on Aug. 12 for misdemeanor possession of less than half an ounce of marijuana.

Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested two men on July 6 wanted for numerous drug charges, including felony intent to sell crack cocaine and marijuana.

Quentin Earl Johnson, of Snow Hill, and Jamil Sharif Sutton, of La Grange, were brought into custody around 4:24 a.m. in the area of South Queen and East Caswell streets and placed in the W.E. “Billy” Smith Detention Center without bond.

According to LCSO reports, the men had about 4-4.5 grams of marijuana and 10 grams of crack between them at the time of the arrest.

Johnson, 24, faces felony counts of possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana and maintaining a place for controlled substances, along with misdemeanor resisting a public officer.

Sutton, 27, is accused of felony counts of possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine, possession of a Schedule II controlled substance, maintaining a place for controlled substances and misdemeanor counts of simple possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting a public officer, driving while license revoked and driving without two headlamps.

They’re due in Lenoir County District Court on Monday. Johnson’s scheduled to be back in Lenoir County District Court on Aug. 12 for misdemeanor possession of less than half an ounce of marijuana.

Both men also have outstanding charges in other counties.

Johnson is scheduled to appear Friday in Greene County District Court regarding five felony counts of maintaining a place for controlled substances, two felony counts of possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver a Schedule VI controlled substance, felony possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver a Schedule II controlled substance and felony possession of cocaine.

Additionally, he also faces two felony counts of assault inflicting serious bodily injury, felony assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, felony assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, two misdemeanor counts of assault with a deadly weapon along with a misdemeanor count of injury to real property.

Johnson’s also supposed to be in Greene County Superior Court on Monday for three felony counts of possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana.

There’s also Pitt County District Court dates of July 23 for misdemeanor communicating threats and Aug, 7 for felony counts of possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a school, possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, possession of marijuana, possession of a firearm by a felon, maintaining a place for controlled substances and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.

Sutton’s due in Pitt County District Court on Sept. 11 for felony counts of possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a school, possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, possession of marijuana, maintaining a place for controlled substances and the misdemeanors of carrying a concealed gun and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Johnson served from Dec. 14, 2009 to Dec. 12, 2011 in state prison on Greene County convictions for three felony counts of malicious conduct by a prisoner, felony assault with a deadly weapon with inflicting serious injury, felony common-law robbery, two misdemeanor counts of driving while license revoked, misdemeanor driving while intoxicated (Level 3), misdemeanor resisting a public officer and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.

Sutton most recently served September-October 2011 in state prison for two misdemeanor convictions of driving while license revoked and one conviction for misdemeanor speeding.